Professor Andrew Jakubowicz (1 June 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Radio JJJ
Interview with Professor Andrew Jakubowicz from UTS, talking about a case of racial abuse in WA where a young Aboriginal girl called another woman a "white slut". Interviewer asks if new racial vilification laws are intended to protect the majority. Jakubowicz says the young girl should not have been charged. He says the use of language should be considered in relation to tone and context, although racism is "colour blind".

James Arvanitakis (1 June 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Channel 2
Talking about World Environment Day this weekend focusing on issues such as global warming, pollution and animal extinctions. James Arvanitakis from UTS says "an environmental challenge like greenhouse is such a big overwhelming issue, whereas doing something about plastic bags is something that is grassroots and people can actually change their behaviours and achieve real change."

Dr Barbara Leigh (1 June 2006)
Institute for International Studies
The Jakarta Post
Article on Pancasila written by Dr Barbara Leigh, Head of Asia Pacific Studies, Institute for International Studies at UTS. Pancasila is Indonesia's national philosophy and national ideology. "The national ideology of Pancasila is one that actively fosters many religions, beliefs and ethnic groups to coexist in harmony and it is a philosophy that is crucial for the Indonesian nation at this time," she says.

Professor Caroline Homer (2 June 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
The Australian, Daily Telegraph
A stillborn baby girl may have been accidentally thrown away by staff at a Sydney Hospital with the mistake kept secret from the infant's grieving parents for three days. Caroline Homer, a Professor Midwifery at UTS, will hand down her report on the incident by Tuesday.

Dr Antony Kidman (7 June 2006)
Science
Radio 2UE
Interview with Dr Antony Kidman, clinical psychologist and Director of the Health Psychology Unit at UTS. In the US they have named road rage "intermittent explosive disorder". Kidman says there is an issue of people taking responsibility for their actions. He says he is doing a seminar on "Devils, Drugs and Doctors: Depression and its Treatment". He will be talking about psychotherapy and cognitive behaviour therapy.

Professor Larissa Behrendt (7 June 2006)
Jumbunna, Law
Seven Mackay, Seven Townsville
Eddie Mabo's fight in the high court over native title legislation has been highlighted at a North Queensland lecture. Professor Larissa Behrendt says the legal system is making it too hard for Indigenous people to carry out Mr Mabo's vision.

Peter Manning (8 June 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
The Age
Article about Channel 9 and its ratings. Peter Manning, a senior lecturer in Journalism at UTS, agrees that Nine has historically paid too much for its position of dominance. "They have spent lavishly on news and current affairs. That works well when you a making big profits, but when they dry up, news and current affairs cannot pay its way."

Associate Professor Geoff Riordan (8 June 2006)
Education
Daily Telegraph
The Federal Government may not have gone far enough in pushing for an Australian Certificate of Education and should look at a national curriculum an education forum in Sydney heard yesterday. The forum, sponsored by the Daily Telegraph and UTS discussed the proposed Australian Certificate of Education.

Professor Caroline Homer (8 June 2006)
Nursing, Midwifery & Health
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
Professor Caroline Homer a Professor of Midwifery at UTS met with the parents of the stillborn baby which was inadvertently thrown away at Blacktown Hospital to go through her report on the incident.

Dr Antony Kidman (10 June 2006)
Science
Sydney Morning Herald
Keeping stress at arms length. Dr Antony Kidman, Director of the Health Psychology Unit at UTS says "there is a fair bit of evidence to show that isolated individuals tend to do a lot worse when they are under stress. Social support offers what we call 'perceived comfort'. If you feel you are going to get help from someone it helps alleviate your stress response and reduce it to an appropriate level. Go out and join organisations and increase your networks."

Michelle Zeibots (11 June 2006)
Institute for Sustainable Futures
Sunday Telegraph
Soaring petrol prices will force an extra 160,000 Sydneysiders onto buses and trains each day within five years new research shows. Michelle Zeibots, a Sydney transport expert from UTS said, "A lot of us believe petrol could hit $2 a litre within a year. Nobody in government has made any calculations about what's going to be needed in Sydney if petrol prices go that high."

Richard Cashman (13 June 2006)
Business
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
Interview with Richard Cashman, a Sports Historian from UTS. He says in a technical sense Australian rules is older than soccer. Australian rules started in 1859, Gaelic football came a lot later.

Chris Wilkinson (14 June 2006)
Engineering
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
Structural Engineer Chris Wilkinson from UTS discusses the history and chemistry of concrete. He talks about various landmark structures built from concrete, including Melbourne public library, which was built from reinforced concrete. There is no cure for concrete cancer.

Dr Boyd Dent (15 June 2006)
Science
Radio 2UE
Interview with Dr Boyd Dent from UTS about the problem of not enough space in Sydney cemeteries. Dent says the best option is to reuse graves, as is done in SA and WA. If not that then people will either have to be cremated or buried further out. He says 60 per cent of people are cremated. Presenter Mike Carlton says people like Catholics don't approve of cremation. Dent says people of the Islamic faith only want to be buried and only want one per grave.

Dr Linda Leung (17 June 2006)
Institute for Interactive Media and Learning
Sydney Morning Herald
Dr Linda Leung, a senior lecturer in interactive media at UTS, says families increasingly are opting for the Internet to maintain ties, with Grandparents and grandchildren leading the trend. "We have lost the art of letter writing or are not interested in investing the time. We also want to communicate one-to-many," Leung says.

Tony Webb (17 June 2006)
Education
Manly Daily
A Social Justice conference with some of the country's leading social academics will be held next week. It will include a presentation of the consciousness-raising tool Photovoice, which uses deep personal image technology developed by Tony Webb from UTS.

Associate Professor Geoff Riordan (21 June 2006)
Education
Daily Telegraph
Article on what the speakers said at The Daily Telegraph and UTS education forum. Associate Professor Geoff Riordan from UTS said, "As welcome as a move to a more national approach to credentialling is, it needs to be integrated with a national curriculum and not added as a 10th certificate or layered over the top of existing arrangements."

Professor Larissa Behrendt (22 June 2006)
Jumbunna, Law
Canberra Times, AAP, Cairns Post
Health Minister Tony Abbott is trying to revive the same paternalistic approach to Aborigines that condemned generations to poverty, disease and community breakdown, critics say. Larissa Behrendt, a Professor in Indigenous studies at UTS said, "One of the lessons of the last 40 years is that paternalism doesn't work. It was paternalism that condemned generations of our people to poverty and welfare dependency."

Nicole Watson (22 June 2006)
Jumbunna
98.9FM
Interview with Nicole Watson, a Senior Research Fellow at UTS with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, discussing land rights. She says the Howard Government policy is an attack on Indigenous Australia's right to maintain a distinct identity. There is a huge gap between what Mabo aspired for and what has actually happened. Indigenous people have fought and continue to fight for their homes.

Dr Yusuf Pisan (23 June 2006)
Information Technology
Adelaide Advertiser
For millions around the world, computer game World of Warcraft is an obsession. A senior lecturer in the faculty of Information Technology at UTS, Yusuf Pisan, said the idea of these games being played by isolated, socially-awkward young men was wrong. "It does have very wide appeal, it has something for everybody. It attracts teenagers who are interested in person-versus-person domination as well as older people who are interested in the immersion and the escapism of the game."

Eva Cox (24 June 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Sydney Morning Herald
Feminist Eva Cox, who directs the social inquiry program at UTS says that when she and her contemporaries were young, everyone had kids regardless of whether they owned a house. They furnished their homes from Vinnie's if they had to. "We just rolled with it. You got pregnant, had kids and then got a job," she said. Now she sees a kind of anxiety among her female students, who feel they must have investments, a house and money to do thing properly before they have kids.

Michelle Sanson (25 June 2006)
Law
ABC Radio 702 Sydney
Interview with Michelle Sanson from the UTS Law Faculty about the $100 billion Warren Buffet and Bill Gates have to create the world's biggest charitable trust. She says that Buffet and Gates will have a view about where they want the money to go and this will have to be respected. Some will be spent on administration, but sustainability must also be considered. Medical research would be a worthy target for support.

Dr Nicolae-Alexandru Nicorovici (27 June 2006)
Science
Daily Telegraph (London)
Two physicists have proven mathematically that it is possible to mask objects using the properties of a new man-made material fashioned into a superlens. Dr Nicolae-Alexandru Nicorovici from UTS and Professor Graeme Milton, published their findings in the journal Proceedings Of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.

Matthew Byrne (29 June 2006)
Humanities and Social Sciences
ABC South East NSW
Discussion about the death of Dianne Brimble on a P&O cruise ship and the impact the death and court case is having on holiday makers who may travel on cruise ships. Discussion with Matthew Byrne a Lecturer in Communication and Branding from UTS about whether the issue has affected the number of people that travel on all cruise ships, not just P&O. Also the impact on Lisa Curry-Kenny who appears in the advertising for P&O.